Leavittsburg vs South Canal

A side-by-side comparison of Leavittsburg and South Canal: population, income, housing, and more.

Leavittsburg and South Canal are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leavittsburg has the higher population (1,219 vs 920 in South Canal). South Canal has the higher median household income ($61,758 vs $60,598 in Leavittsburg). South Canal has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $71,400 in Leavittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
Population	1,219	920
Median age	51.1 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,598	$61,758
Median home value	$71,400	$141,100
Median gross rent	$663	—
Housing units	571	475
Homeownership rate	78.2%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
Population	1,602 → 1,219 (-23.9%)	940 → 920 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $60,598 (+32.2%)	$72,500 → $61,758 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$53,700 → $71,400 (+33.0%)	$142,700 → $141,100 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $663 (-6.1%)	—

Leavittsburg

Population

1,6021,219

Median household income

$45,833$60,598

Median home value

$53,700$71,400

Median gross rent

$706$663

South Canal

Population

940920

Median household income

$72,500$61,758

Median home value

$142,700$141,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
Under 5	3.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	1.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	16.9%	14.3%
75 and over	7.1%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	59.6%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
Drove alone	84.0%	97.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
1-unit, detached	94.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leavittsburg	South Canal
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1944	1960